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Crypto tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud

The judge has tentatively set the trial for the founder of the now-bankrupt FTX crypto exchange for October 2. Bankman-Fried was also barred from accessing FTX or Alameda Limited assets, as a new bail condition.

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